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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3894 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3894

To prohibit the granting or renewing of security clearances to a person 
  who has expressed support for a foreign terrorist organization, the 
  Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or any affiliate of such Corps, 
         including Hamas and Hezbollah, and for other purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 7, 2024

  Mr. Cotton introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL

 
To prohibit the granting or renewing of security clearances to a person 
  who has expressed support for a foreign terrorist organization, the 
  Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or any affiliate of such Corps, 
         including Hamas and Hezbollah, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``No Clearances for Terrorist 
Sympathizers Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON GRANTING OR RENEWING SECURITY CLEARANCES TO 
              PERSONS WHO HAVE PUBLICLY EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR A FOREIGN 
              TERRORIST ORGANIZATION, THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD 
              CORPS, OR ANY AFFILIATE OF SUCH CORPS.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (b) of section 3002 of the Intelligence 
Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 3343) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``covered person who is an'' and inserting 
        the following: ``covered person who--
            ``(1) is an'';
            (2) in paragraph (1), as designated by paragraph (1), by 
        striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon;
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) has ever publicly expressed support for any 
        organization designated as a foreign terrorist organization 
        pursuant to section 219(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 
        Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)), the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, 
        or any affiliate of such Corps, including Hamas and Hezbollah; 
        or
            ``(3) has ties to or supports the Islamic Revolutionary 
        Guard Corps or any affiliate of such Corps, including Hamas and 
        Hezbollah.''; and
            (4) in the subsection heading by striking ``Prohibition'' 
        and inserting ``Prohibitions''.
    (b) Periodic Audits.--Such section is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
    ``(e) Periodic Audits.--Not less frequently than once every two 
years, the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community shall--
            ``(1) audit the clearance granting and renewal process of 
        each Federal agency that has authority to grant or renew a 
        security clearance; and
            ``(2) for each Federal agency audited pursuant to paragraph 
        (1), submit to Congress a certification as to whether the 
        Federal agency has effective measures in effect to determine 
        whether an applicant for a security clearance has ever 
        expressed support for any organization designated as a foreign 
        terrorist organization pursuant to section 219(a) of the 
        Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)), the Islamic 
        Revolutionary Guard Corps, or any affiliate of such Corps, 
        including Hamas and Hezbollah.''.
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